So what does ‘hyperpolitical’ mean?

Gov. Andrew Cuomo reiterated his position on redistricting after a press conference today, repeating that he’ll veto the first draft of lines sent along by a task force of state legislators and that he’s pushing not just for some improvement to the current set of lines, but also a law and a constitutional amendment to change the process next time.

The good-government group Citizens Union has been pushing the same argument, but its leader yesterday acknowledged it would be a “political solution” and, therefore, imperfect at best.

Here’s part of what Cuomo said on the topic:

“Most of this is going to be decided by a court anyway, because you have court cases that are currently ongoing … There will be numerous voting rights complaints, civil rights complaints, so a court is going to determine the cases anyway.”

“The lines they draw have to be legal, and the court will determine if they are legal … I believe the court is really going to determine whether the lines they draw are legal, I’m saying they shouldn’t be hyperpolitical like the lines you have drawn. Even if they are legal, they shouldn’t be hyperpolitical, and we should change this forever.”